Barrie Crossan’s latest MOC, a corner modular building housing a bar and family apartment, has a striking facade and is packed from top to bottom with beautiful details.

As always, Barrie has also paid attention to the presentation of the building. My favourite shot is this close up of the ground floor. It highlights the character of the building and the nice parts usage (NPU), such as the microphones as the top of the bollards. The “Captain’s Daughter” flag (from the London Escape (4193) set) is perfect for this building.

The bar and apartment are both fully furnished, and definitely deserve a closer look. My favourite details are the chandelier and the wood panel wall behind the fireplace in the bar, the laundry and the main bed.

Head over to Flickr for lots more images of this beautiful modular building. Thanks for the inspiration Barrie!

Palixa and the Bricks’ modified Cafe Corner building has come under new management and they have spared no expense in renovations, not only redoing the facade, but also adding a whole new floor to the hotel.

Budgets were clearly not an issue with this renovation. Each room has its own ensuite and has been beautifully furnished with bright, modern furnishings.

Modifying the Cafe Corner like this not only looks great, but also allows you to experiment with colour combinations and essentially have one of the originals modular buildings without the expense. Best of all you don’t need a copy of the original model, as you can download the instructions (BrickSet).

Your first thought may be, why a modular conversion, as this building is most of the way there already, right? Ditch the elevator and make the floors a bit wider and there you have it. That would be too simple.

Reanard Pangestu, from the Modular LEGO Buildings group over on Facebook, has created his own version of the classic Cafe Corner. I love the simple colour scheme of this version, the use of the 1×1 round tiles in Pearl Gold on the awnings and the feature tiling in front of the door.

This is a great way to learn about building techniques, while at the same time creating one of the classic modular buildings without breaking the bank.

There are more images of Reanard’s customised Cafe Corner on Facebook and, if you want to have a go yourself, you can find the instructions for the Cafe Corner on BrickSet and the original parts list on Rebrickable.

The Imperial Hotel, built by O0ger for the “The City we Built” competition over on www.swebrick.se, is one one those those buildings that commands your attention, from the solid pillars on the ground floor to the beautifully framed windows.

The details that immediately stood out for me are the lights for lighting up the façade at night time, the cap on the chimney, the planters and the cute post boxes.

Taking a closer look, however, I see that that, while the well-heeled live it up in the Imperial Hotel, the beggar is left to trawl through the cleverly built rubbish bins for his next meal!

My posts usually start with some words, but this one had to lead with that picture as it just blew me away. The detailing on Barrie Crossan’s2 Dutch Buildings is so exquisite, you could be forgiven for thinking you were looking at a real building!

The wrought iron work on this building is just beautiful! And while it’s hard to take your eyes away from the wrought iron work, it’s worth doing so for the other features. I particularly like the fans on the balcony and the upper trim on the roof.

Head over to Eurobricks to see more of Eliza’s gorgeous building, including the fully furnished interior!